Inhaler



Dec. 4 ,11923.

H. B. DISMOND INHALER Filed Dec. 6. 1922 /l TTRNEY Patented Een. 4, 1923.

stares ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. DISMOND, GF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS.

INHALER.

Application ined necember e, 1922. seriai No. 605,254.

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Be it known that I, HnNRY B. Disidente, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lnhalers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in inhalers for administering medical treatment to the air passages of the head, nose, throat and lungs. rlhe construction of the device in assembly is such that efficient medical treatment can readily be administered to diseased air passages ordinarily difficult or impossible of access without an operation. Means are provided whereby the medicine substantially undiluted may be administered directly to the surfaces affected. Means for administering such treatment in various postures assumed by the patient are `provided thus making it unnecessary that thepatient, who may be in a weakened or strickened condition, assume a standing or even a sitting attitude.

With the foregoing and 'other objects in view the invention consists in the combina tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this' application and in which- Fig. 1 is a longitudinal view, in section, through the device in assembly.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the nosepiece provided with the mouth-piece to permit inhalations through the mouth.

Like reference characters denote correspending part-s in both views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a liquid container preferably cylindrical in shape, the base two being closed and the top open and terminating in the outwardly offset rim 3. Applied to the top of the container and snugly engaging the rim 3 by means of a vbase rim 4 is the cap 5 formed with the centrally disposed inwardly extending stern 6 and the perforation 7 which is normally closed by theordinary cork 8, said perfora tion serving to drain the contents from the container without removing the cap. The container is provided with the handle 9 formed of any non-conductor of heat.

The numeral 10 denotes the medicine chamber of substantially cylindrical formation with one of its ends open for releasable and adjustable close tting eni gagement with the cap 5 upon the base rim s of which itrests. rlhe opposite end of the medicine chamber is slightly contracted and an annular groove 11 formed therein, said contracted end being adapted to receive the nose-piece 12 formed of soft rub ber or any good non-conductor of heat and shaped to lit the contour of the human nose, said nose-piece being formed withy a bead 13 that ts into the said groove 11.

A pad-14 formed of several layers of gauze removably covers the upper end of the chamber 10, the margin or edge of said pad being relatively thin and wedged in between the upper end of the chamber 10 and the lower end of the nose-piece 12. The medicine to be used or administered poured or dropped upon the center of the gauze, with the nose-piece and medicine chamber removed from the container and inverted, until the gauze is more or less saturated., The container is now partly filled with hot or boiling water, the medicine chamber and nose-piece again placed in position and the-,device is ready for use by the patient. A steel wire ring 15 encompassing the nose-piece just above the bead 13 servesto secure the same to the chamber 10 and to cause the nose-piece to retain its shape at all times and preventing it from becoming warped by heat.

The steam from the hot water rises and, due to the contracted opening or stem 6 in the cap, passes out through the stem under considerable pressure directly upon and through the gauze, a steam concentration chamber being thus formed in the cap about the stem. The water in the container does not at any time come in direct Contact with the medicated gauze but the medicine is taken up in an undiluted condition and passes out through the nose-piece 12 directly to the diseased tissues of the patient who thereby is afforded a medical treatment of maximum efficiency. It is obvious that the patient in a. sitting or reclining posture may use the 4device to advantage without effort, danger of spilling the contents or of diluting the medicated gauze.

When it is desired to inhale the treatment through the mouth and exhale it through f the nose a bloclr 16 adapted to lit frictionally in the nose-piece and provided with the stem 17, thus forming a mouth-piece, is provided. This mouth-piece is manually inserted 1n or removed from the nose-piece and the patient simply applies his lips to it and by drawing his breath very gently through his mouth inhales the treatment. The flexibility of the nose-piece causes it to conform readily to noses ot different shapes and adapts it especially to child treatment.

`What is claimed is l. In an inhaler, a container having one` open rimmed end, a perfor-ate cap removably seated upon the rimmed end of said ccntainer, an inwardly extending stem for said cap whereby a concentration chamber i3: formed in said member, a medicine chamber removably secured to said container, a gauze padrcarried at one end ot said medicine chamber, a removabhl nose-piece carried by said medicine chamber, and a handle for said container.

2. In an inhaler, a container having a con tracted opening formed centrally in its top whereby a steam concentration chamber is provided, a medicine chamber remoifa'tly and adjustably secured to said container, a nose-piece removably carried by id medieine chamber, a gauze pad Closing one end of said medicine chamber, the edge ot said pad being disposed between said medicine chamber and nose-piece7 andV a handle tor said container.

3. In an inhaler, a container, a cap for said container, an integral inwardly extend ing stem formed centrally of said cap, a medicine chamber adjustably arranged upon said cap, a nose-piece removably carried by said medicine chamber, a gauze pad disposed between said nose-piece and medicine chamber and closine' one end of the latter member, and a handle or saidcontainer.

Ll. In an inlialer, a container, a perforate cap for said container, a cork for said cap, an inwardly extending stem for said cap, a medicine chamber adjustably arranged upon said cap, a nose-piece removably secured to Vone end of said medicine chamber, an annular springl member encircling one end of said ynose-niece to secure it'snngly to said medicine chamber, a gauze pad disposed between said nose-pieceand medicine chamber and closing one end of the latter, and a handle for said container.

5. In an inhaler, a container, a medicine chamberl arranged above said container.v a pad carried at one end of said'medicine chamber, a nose-piece carried by said medicine chamber, and a mouth-piece removably arranged in said nose-piece. Y

6. In an inlialer, a container, amedicine chamber arranged upon one end of said container, a pad carried at one end ot said medicine chamber, a flexible nose-piece car-V ried by said medicine chamber, a block removably carried within said nose-piece, and a stem carried by said block.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY B. DISMOND. Witnesses: Y V

A. Lnwrs FRAzlmR, M. J. STUEBE.. 

